The announcement from the Vatican last week that priests would be permitted to bless same-sex couples shook the Catholic Church. The Vatican declaration made clear (as countess faithful Catholics have pointed out, including myself) that the Church’s moral teachings and…
This week, Luther and Aubrey have thoughts about Harvard embarrassing itself in the wake of its president, Claudine Gay, being exposed more daily as a serial plagiarizer. The two also consider the Pope’s guidance on blessings and how those relate to…
The Pope is penalizing a retired American cardinal for his outspoken conservative views on doctrine and politics. It was reported late last month that Pope Francis referred to Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, former head of the Vatican’s highest court, as…
Hosts Scott McKay and Melissa Mackenzie bring conservative news and commentary to The Spectacle podcast. They first discuss the TV show Sister Wives and how it has single-handedly cured America of its fascination with polygamy. Polygamy is terrible for all…
Since her election last year, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has been under fire from the Left for what it deems her “far right” positions on traditional family values — namely, that she has them. So, it is no surprise…
By all appearances, Mike and Catherine “Kitty” Burke would make the perfect foster parents. They were open to taking on siblings and had experience with special needs children — for a state like Massachusetts, overwhelmed with more foster children than…
July 25, 1985, was a red-letter day in the history of the AIDS epidemic. A publicist for the movie star Rock Hudson, who had been looking alarmingly gaunt and was now in hospital, announced that the actor had been diagnosed…
We used to object to the buying and selling of human beings. Some of us still do. But some of our fellow citizens think that they should be able to buy and sell children at will — and they want…
Recently, a dozen archbishops from the Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches signed a letter rejecting the traditional notion that the Archbishop of Canterbury is the “first among equals” and the “focus of unity” in the Global Anglican Communion. They’d…
